Emotional expression in music and speech share similar tonal properties
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 16:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Music is a very strong emotional communicator, and different cultures have different emotional associations for different musical "modes". Now, a new cross-cultural study shows that tonal trends used to express feelings in music are consistent in different cultures and are similar to those used in speech. The full report is published March 14, in the open access journal PLoS ONE.